predicament
US: /pɹiˈdɪkəmənt/, /pɹɪˈdɪkəmənt/
UK: /pɹɪdˈɪkəmənt/
UK: /pɹɪdˈɪkəmənt/
English Vietnamese dictionary
predicament /pri'dikəmənt/
- danh từ
- (triết học) điều đã được xác nhận, điều đã được xác nhận, điều đã được khẳng định
- (số nhiều) mười phạm trù của A-ri-xtốt
- tình trạng khó chịu, tính trạng gay go, tình trạng khó khăn, tình trạng hiểm nguy
- to be in a predicament: ở trong tình trạng khó khăn
- what a predicament!: thật là gay go!, thật là khó khăn!
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
a difficult or unpleasant situation, especially one where it is difficult to know what to do: the club's financial predicament + I'm in a terrible predicament.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
dilemma, quandary, difficulty, trial, situation, state, condition, imbroglio, emergency, crisis, impasse, Colloq pickle, jam, fix, pinch, scrape, spot, bind, corner, hole, mess, US box:
I was hoping that you might help me out of a very awkward predicament.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
awful, awkward, dire, worse
Other companies are in an even worse predicament than ourselves.
| current, present | financial, personal
VERB + PREDICAMENT
be in, find yourself in, get into
Many young people find themselves in this predicament.
| place sb in, put sb in | escape (from), get out of
How were we to escape this awful predicament?
| solve
PREP.
in a/the ~
Now I really wasin a dire predicament.
Concise English dictionary
predicamentsprɪ'dɪkəmənt
noun
+a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one
